Improvement in machines for covering potatoes



H. L. BENNETT.

, (lorn-(Joverer.

No. 29.351. Patented July 31, 1860.

N.PETERS, FNUTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHINGTON. u. c. I

- UNITED STATES HARMON L. BENNETT, OF LO PATENT OFFICE.

NG BRANCH, NEW JERSEY.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent NO. 29,351, dated July 3!,1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownt-hat I, HARMON L. BENNETT, of Long Branch, in the county ofMonmouth and State of New Jersey, have invented and made a certain newand useful Machine for Covering Potatoes, Beans, Corn, &c.; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the nature of my said invention, reference being bad tothe annexed drawings, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure1 is a plan, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, of my said machine.

Similar letters denote the same parts.

After corn, potatoes, pease, or beans have been planted in hills orrowsit has been usual to throw the earth from each side up onto the rowsby a plow traveling first on one side and then on the other of each row.This is a tedious operation and the covering is irregular, being deeperin some places than in others, and the surface is left in an unevencondition.

My said invention consists in an arrangement of double mold-boardadjustable to any desired angle with the beam, so that the earth isgathered into a row from two furrows and covers the patatoes, corn,pease, beans, or other articles planted to any desired depth, accordingto the inclination of the covering moldboards. I make use of a barrow,in combination with this covering mold-board, to loosen the earth andrake any stubble or stones into the furrows. By reversing the mold-boardon the beam I am enabled to throw the earth more or less from the furrowonto the two adjoining rows for the purposes of cultivating growingcrops.

In the drawings, a is the beam, of any usual or convenient size andshape.

I) is the front wheel, which may or may not be adjustable.

c is an ordinary clevis by which the draft is regulated, and the samemay be set for the horse to walk in either the furrow or the row,according to the material planted.

d d are the handles by which thejmachine is guided.

f is a double mold-board, attached by the center bolt, 2, that forms ajoint on which the said double mold-board can be turned into a more orless inclined position, as indicated by the red lines.

1 1 are nuts by which the mold-board f can be adjusted vertically withaccuracy.

the red lines, Fig. 2, will gather up the earth.

from the furrows and leave the same in any desired condition-that is tosay, the more the triangular mold-boardfis inclined the deeper thearticles planted will be covered, for the earth will be scraped up by kit from the furrows and escape undert' in the form of a ridge or row,the surfaces being smooth and inclined 7 up over the substances planted.

The barrow Z is attached atthe front end by the bar at at 7, and saidbar m passes through the beam to, and 8 is a bolt to regulate the heightof said barrow at the forward end, and at the back ends the harrow isconnected by the bolts 6 in one set of the holes of the moldboard f.This barrow, being of a triangular form, tends to rake off any foreignsubstance before the article planted is covered.

By reversing the mold-board f, as before indicated, so that the share 2'comes toward the front, my machine can be used for covering corn orother articles as they grow, the same being a very efficient substitutefor hoeing, as the ground will be left in a very even and handsomecondition.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The triangular mold-board f, provided with the shares is k and t, andadjustable relatively to the beam to by the bars g h, substantially'asand for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with the aforesaid triangular mold-board, the barrow1, attached to the bar at and to said mold-board f, in the manner andfor the purposes specified.

In witnesswhereof I have hereunto set my signature this 16th day of May,1860.

HARMON L. BENNETT- Witnesses:

LEMUEL W. SERRELL, Tnos. Gno. HAROLD.

